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DYOTT, RICHARD, elder son of Gen. William Dyott, Freeford Hall, near Lichfield, Staffs., and Eleanor, dau. of Samuel Thompson, Green Mount, co. Antrim; b. 26 May 1808; adm. 16 Jun 1819 (Packharness'); left Jun 1826; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1824, matr. 1826; Ensign, 63rd Foot 11 Oct 1827; 70th Foot 17 Sep 1829; Lieut., half-pay, unattached, 14 Jun 1831; 53rd Foot, 21 Jun 1831; Capt., 31 Aug 1838, half-pay 1 Jul 1842; 36th Foot 25 Feb 1848, retired same day; DL Staffordshire, JP 1842, High Sheriff 1856; MP (Cons) Lichfield 1865-80; m. 6 Dec 1849 Ellen Catherine, only dau. of Charles Smith Forster MP, Lysways Hall, Staffs.; d. 13 Feb 1891.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, SIR WATKIN, BART., elder son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (formerly Williams), Bart. DCL MP, politician and landowner, and his second wife Frances, dau. of George Shakerley, Gwersylt, Denbighshire; b. 8 Apr 1749; succ. father as 4th baronet 23 Sep 1749; in school lists 1764, 1765; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 May 1766; DCl 4 Jul 1771; Grand Tour (Italy) 1768-9; MP Shropshire 5 Mar 1772-4, Denbighshire from 1774; Lord Lieut., Merioneth, from 10 Jun 1775; FRS 17 Jun 1773; member, Society of Dilettanti 1775; m. 1st, 13 Apr 1769 Lady Henrietta Somerset, fifth dau. of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (qv); m. 2nd, 21 Dec 1771 Charlotte, dau. of Right Hon. George Grenville PC MP, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury; d. 29 Jul 1789.

WILLIAMS, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest son of Sir Hugh Williams, Bart., MP, and Emma, widow of James Bulkeley, 6th Viscount Bulkeley (I) (qv), and only dau. of Thomas Rowlands, Nant, Caernarvonshire; b. 20 Jul 1764; adm. 12 Sep 1774; went to Harrow Sch.; Grand Tour (Italy) 1786; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 1 Jun 1782; Lieut. and Capt., 30 Dec 1789; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 4 Oct 1794; retd. 12 Jun 1795; served in France 1793; MP Caernarvonshire 1790-1826, Beaumaris from 1826; succ. father as 9th baronet 19 Aug 1794; m. 11 Jun 1799 Anne, second dau. of Rev. Edward Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. at Nice 1 Dec 1830.

WILLIAMS-BULKELEY, SIR RICHARD BULKELEY, BART., eldest son of Sir Robert Williams, Bart. (qv); b. 23 Sep 1801; adm. 20 Feb 1815 (Packharness'); left 10 Apr 1819; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1820; assumed additional surname of Bulkeley 3 Jun 1826, having inherited the estates of his father’s older step-brother, Thomas James Warren- Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (I) (qv); succ. father as 10th baronet 1 Dec 1830; MP (Whig/Liberal) Beaumaris 8 Feb 1831-2, Anglesey 1832-7, Flint 1841-7, Anglesey 1847-68; Lord Lieut., Caernarvonshire 7 Mar 1851 – 14 Sep 1866; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1870; a well-known sportsman; m. 1st, 27 May 1828 his cousin Hon. Charlotte Mary Hughes, eldest dau. of William Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben; m. 2nd, 20 Aug 1832 Maria Frances, only dau. of Sir Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley, Bart.; d. 28 Aug 1875.

GOOLD, WYNDHAM HENRY, third son of Thomas Goold, Dromadda and Rosbrien, co. Limerick, Master in Chancery (I), and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Brinsley Nixon, Rector of Painstown, co. Meath; b. 8 Jul 1812; adm. 14 Jan 1824 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 6 Dec 1830; BA 1834; adm. King’s Inns 1833, called to Irish bar 1837; adm. Gray’s Inn 8 May 1835; Munster circuit; Crown Prosecutor, Limerick 1843; MP Co. Limerick from Dec 1850; d. unm. 27 Nov 1854.

DICKINSON, FRANCIS HENRY, second son of William Dickinson (adm. 1781, qv); b. 6 Jan 1813; adm. 18 Jun 1824 (Stikeman's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 May 1831, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; adm. Inner Temple 25 Apr 1835; of Kingweston, Somerset; MP (Conservative) West Somerset 1841-7; DL JP Somerset, High Sheriff 1853; an active Anglican High Churchman; FSA 16 Dec 1852; m. 8 Sep 1835 Caroline, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Carey; d. 17 Jul 1890.

MURE, DAVID, LORD MURE, brother of William Mure (qv); b. 21 Nov 1810; adm. 28 Feb 1825 (Stelfox's); Edinburgh Univ.; adm. advocate 23 Dec 1831; Advocate Depute 1843-6; Sheriff of Perthshire 1853-8; MP (Cons) Buteshire 1859- Jan 1865; Solicitor-Gen. for Scotland 12 Jul 1858 – Apr 1859, Lord Advocate 15 Apr – Jun 1859; an Ordinary Lord of Session, with judicial title of Lord Mure, 11 Jan 1865- Oct 1889; a Commissioner of Justiciary 1 Apr 1874-89; DL Midlothian, Buteshire; m. 20 Jul 1841 Helen, eldest dau. of John Tod, Kirkhill, Midlothian, Writer to the Signet; d. 11 Apr 1891.

MACKINNON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, eldest son of William Alexander Mackinnon FRS FSA MP (The Mackinnon of Mackinnon), and Emma Mary, only dau. of Joseph Budworth Palmer (formerly Budworth) FSA, Palmerstown, co. Mayo, Ireland; b. 4 Oct 1813; adm. 16 May 1827 (Stelfox's); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; BA 1836; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Oct 1836; MP Rye 1852-7, Lymington 1857-68; of Acryse Park, Kent; High Sheriff, Kent 1885; DL Radnorshire, JP Hampshire, Middlesex and Radnorshire; m. 27 Apr 1846 Margaret Sophia, dau. of Francis Willes; d. 14 Sep 1903.

COCKS, THOMAS SOMERS, eldest son of Thomas Somers Cocks (b. 1781, qv); b. 5 Feb 1815; adm. 14 Apr 1828 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1832; MP Reigate 1847-57; banker, firm Cocks Biddulph & Co, Charing Cross, London; DL Lincs., JP (1860) Bucks., JP Middlesex; m. 24 May 1842 Sarah Louisa, dau. of Charles Wynne Griffith-Wynne (qv); d. 30 Aug 1899.

MACKINNON, LAUGHLAN BELLINGHAM, brother of William Alexander Mackinnon (qv); b. 21 Apr 1815; adm. 2 Jul 1828 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy 1 Oct 1829; Lieut., 10 Feb 1842; Cdr., 1 Nov 1847; retd. 1 Jul 1864; MP Rye 1865-8; m. 9 Aug 1842 Augusta, younger dau. of John Entwistle MP, Foxholes, Rochdale, Lancs.; d. 10 Jul 1877.